Shark 'jumps into hotel swimming pool'

A shark has managed to jump from its aquarium onto a water slide at a hotel swimming pool.

The female reef shark cleared the one foot-high barrier around its pool and tumbled down the slide. The 12-year-old creature survived the fall but died from the chlorinated water in pool.

A statement from the Atlantis resort to TMZ said: "The Atlantis Aquarists believe the shark was startled by an unusual circumstance that we have no way of defining completely.

"Once the shark fell onto the slide and into the chlorinated water, it was in significant distress.

"The Marine Aquarium Operations team responded immediately and was able to retrieve the animal at the bottom of the slide and return the animal to the main marine habitat in an attempt to resuscitate her. Despite the team's best efforts to recover the animal, it died shortly after the occurrence.

"The entire team at Atlantis is truly saddened by the loss of this animal who had resided in the Atlantis marine habitat for over ten years."